Games like The X-Type
If The X-Type is your kind of game, the closest matches are Galactic Mecha GunSuit, Beyond the First Star and Project Neon — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About The X-Type: Master a modular arsenal and survive a biomechanical nightmare in this intense cinematic shmup. Face grotesque aberrations, unlock achievements, and conquer the hardcore mode. 7 complete levels with its own epic boss and weapons!
Players who liked The X-Type also play
Steam players who put hours into The X-Type also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Galactic Mecha GunSuit
WHY THIS
Top pick for The X-Type fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The X-Type.
A linear danmaku shoot-em-up with some visual novel elements. Clear 6 stages across 4 difficult settings, each with unique enemy spawns, bullet patterns and boss phases. The game is structured to have each difficulty cleared in sequence, with the full plot unfolding across each one.
Beyond the First Star
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The X-Type fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Beyond the First Star is a fast-paced 2D side-scrolling shoot 'em up. Choose from distinct pilots, collect and switch between varied weapons, battle through handcrafted stages, and face bosses with unique attack patterns.
Project Neon
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The X-Type fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Blast through enemy defenses in this intense 16-bit shoot ‘em up (or shmup), dismantling interplanetary shields to bring humanity’s last hope back from Mars and save Earth from ecological collapse.
Future Knight
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Ranked #4 for The X-Type fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Frenetic action and LCD aesthetic! In this 2D Shoot 'Em Up, switch between a robot hero and his benign tumor to stop a bizarre cult. You have 8 hours to save humanity's memory: defeat grotesque bosses, ride the skies on your Future Board, and master the chaos in a retro-futuristic Tokyo.
CHIP & THE RED STORM
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Ranked #5 for The X-Type fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Run as fast as you can through this fast-paced 2D side-scrolling platformer! Deal with wacky enemies and bosses covering every track of your path. Sit down by yourself or with friends in this pixel 80's-90's inspired indie game and seal your decided fate of their world.
Okko The Exiled
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The X-Type fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Okko The Exiled is an action-packed adventure where you stomp, launch and bash your way through Kutala, a land of demons, on a quest to defeat the Demon Lord Yalda and link Okko’s isolated world with the heavens.
Orbital Survivor
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Ranked #7 for The X-Type fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Orbital Survivor is a physics-based space survivor-like with rogue-lite elements. Forge your path to free the galaxy from the Necromancer’s hordes. All set in a retro-futuristic and space-fantasy universe inspired by Dungeons & Dragons.
VectaGuard
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Ranked #8 for The X-Type fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Arcade-inspired shmup action where neon vector caverns explode with modern visuals, dynamic music, weapon upgrades and intense score chasing.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The X-Type at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~69% under The X-Type on Steam right now. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~56% under The X-Type on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with The X-Type.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
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Priced ~50% under The X-Type on Steam right now. Shares Action with The X-Type.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under The X-Type on Steam right now. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Noita
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Priced ~50% under The X-Type on Steam right now. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~94% under The X-Type on Steam right now. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~81% under The X-Type on Steam right now. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~69% under The X-Type on Steam right now. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The X-Type.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The X-Type.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The X-Type.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The X-Type.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about The X-Type
- How much does The X-Type cost?
- The X-Type is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The X-Type?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The X-Type are Galactic Mecha GunSuit, Beyond the First Star, Project Neon.
- Who developed The X-Type?
- The X-Type was developed by BinaryWriter.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The X-Type.
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